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orbital-decay an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Easy advice to give as a bystander lacking context (2013!), hard to follow as a "martyr" living in that context. It wasn't even clear whether he'd be a martyr (he could have easily turned the politics around, wouldn't be the first time in the American history).

	▲	varjag 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I was definitely around in 2013. And it was quite clear at the time there will be government persecution for the leaks, I mean that's why he ran in the first place. If you stand on the path of martyrdom for your people you should be prepared to follow it to conclusion rather than fleeing to the sworn enemy.

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sfn42 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He gave up his life in the US to tell the people what the gov is doing. It's not like he then went and said hey Putin need some help destroying America? He just fled because otherwise the US would throw him in a hole for the rest of his life. What good would that do? It's not about martyrdom it's about getting the information out there. The information is out. Him being in a hole wouldn't do anything good for anyone.

	▲	varjag an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Gave up his life? Why, he may have been living his best. A fully funded expat life in Moscow with some Jason Bourne cachet instead of scrapping by as a Sharepoint admin in the age of AI.

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tosapple an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

these are potentially the same people that killed epstein?

now, i don't believe that but you never know.

	▲	varjag an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Noone in position of power was threatened by the contents of Snowden's leaks.